The exhibition “The Soul of a Tree and the Sacredness of an Image” opened at the Francysk Skaryna State Universitytranslated

On October 21, 2026, the grand opening of the personal exhibition of the modern master Vladimir Mikhailovich Kuklin, an artist, restorer and woodcarver, took place in the exhibition hall of the Gomel State University named after Francis Skaryna. The exhibition received the deep and symbolic title “The Soul of the Tree and the Holiness of the Image.” The exhibition was organized by the university in collaboration with the Gomel Diocese of the Belarusian Orthodox Church.

More than 70 carved works are presented to visitors. Each exhibit, created on a biblical theme, serves as vivid evidence of the revival of ancient woodworking technologies based on traces of the 18th–19th centuries. Next to the carved icons, harmoniously juxtaposed are works that reveal the Belarusian theme: music and dance, family and work, love and heritage of the people.

The opening ceremony of the exhibition was attended by the rector of the university Sergei Anatolyevich Khakhomov, the vice-rector for ideological and educational work Dmitry Aleksandrovich Khodanovich, the head of the public department of Christian culture of the GSU named after. F. Skorina Archpriest Vadim Kochan.

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